"Artists do not run away from non-being, but……" — Rollo May

"Artists do not run away from non-being, but by encountering and wrestling with it, force it to produce being."

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154 Quotes by Rollo May

Rollo May has 154 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

Beauty is the experience that gives us a sense of joy and a sense of peace simultaneously.
What anxiety means is it's as though the world is knocking at your door, and you need to create, you…
Joy is the zest that you get out of using your talents, your understanding, the totality of your being, for…
Whatever sphere we may be in, there is a profound joy in the realization that we are helping to form…
All people are struggling to be creative in some way, and the artist is the one who has succeeded in…
Creativity occurs as an act of encounter, and is to be understood with this encounter at the center.
Something is born, comes into being, something which did not exist before - which is as good a definition of…
We cannot will to have insights. We cannot will to have creativity, but we can will to give ourselves to…
We express our being by creating. Creativity is a necessary sequel to being.
The individual human is still the creature who can wonder, who can be enchanted by a sonata, who can place…
Care is a state in which something does matter; it is the source of human tenderness.
Love is generally confused with dependence; but in point of fact, you can love only in proportion to your capacity…

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More Artist Quotes

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Let each man exercise the art he knows. — Aristophanes
I think an artist, in my definition of that word, would not be someone who takes sides with the emperor… — Chinua Achebe
Art is our chief means of breaking bread with the dead. — Wystan Hugh Auden
Of all possible subjects, travel is the most difficult for an artist, as it is the easiest for a journalist. — Wystan Hugh Auden
All works of art are commissioned in the sense that no artist can create one by a simple act of… — Wystan Hugh Auden
A revised schedule is to business what a new season is to an athlete or a new canvas to an… — Norman Ralph Augustine
Being a cover artist is not like being a real artist. That's just copying what someone else did. — Sebastian Bach
I do struggle with how much and in which way, as an artist or celebrity, that you voice your political… — Kevin Bacon
The job of the artist is always to deepen the mystery. — Francis Bacon
I'm not a driven businessman, but a driven artist. I never think about money. Beautiful things make money. — Lord Acton
I have a master plan as an artist. I've always said I'm not going to be punching nobody's clock. I… — Erykah Badu
Artists need some kind of stimulating experience a lot of times, which crystallizes when you sing about it or paint… — Erykah Badu

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